Mike Pence's Hometown Throwing Gay Pride Festival So Everyone Knows They Don't Share His Views [View all]

The hometown of Vice President Mike Pence is set to hold its first ever gay pride celebration, in a move intended to show the U.S. that not everyone from Columbus, Indiana, is anti-gay.

Organized by high school senior Erin Bailey, the Columbus Pride Festival draws a clear line between the views of those involved in the festival, and Pence’s dubious record on LGBT rights.

“I am organizing Columbus Pride Festival because I feel it is important for members of the LGBTQ community to know that Columbus is a welcoming and diverse community,” Bailey told the Huffington Post.

“Even though Mike Pence is openly anti-gay, that doesn’t mean that all of us in his hometown are,” she added.

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